Bundle-dropper for harvesters



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A,H.BELL. BUNDLE DROPPER FOR HARVESTERS.

N0 .320 7 PatentedJnne 23,1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM H. BELL, OF HILLSBOROUGH, ILLINOIS.

BUNDLE-DROPPER FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.320,750, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed June 14. 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM HENRY BELL, of Hillsborough, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Bundle-Dropper for Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear and exact description.

My invention consists of an improved contrivance of apparatus for the connection of a bundle carrying and dropping attachment to self-binding harvesters for receiving the bundles from the binder and retaining them to collect and discharge them in bunches for shocks, the said improvements consisting in the construction of the platform, the means for connecting it to the harvester by a jointed contrivance for enabling it to dump the load, and the means for latching and unlatohing it, to hold it while gathering the load, and to release it for dumping, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forn1ing a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of the principal part of a self-binding harvester with my improved dropper attachment. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same inverted. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same in upright position, and Fig. 4 is a section through the hopper on line :0 00 of Fig. ll

Under the bindingtable a, and so as to receive the bundles as they are dropped therefrom after being bound, I arrange a receiving, carrying, and dropping platform or hopper, b, of suitable capacity for receiving and hold ing a dozen bundles, or thereabout, for the purpose of collecting them in the bunches for the shocks more conveniently than they can be collected by hand,as follows: I prefer to make the forward half, or thereabout, of the platform to consist of a close web or floor of boards, 0, or other approved material, and the rear U half, or thereabout, of fingers d of wood, metal rods, or approved material, with a sloping front end board, e, and either sloping or vertical sides f, which platform I hinge or pivot at or about the middle, between the front and rear ends, to an arm, g, extending outward from the machine sidewise a suitable distance to afford a support whereon the platform may platform.

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be tilted from time to time by swinging it upward at the front end and down at the rear end for discharging the bundles or sheaves collected on it. In this case I have mounted the platform directly on the arm 9 by a couple of box-bearings, h, bored to fit and turn on the rod; and for a front rest whereon the front end of the platforn may rest while the bunch is being collected,I arrange another arm, 1?, to project outward from the frame of the machine in a similar manner, but farther backward along the platform, and I prefer to make these two arms of one rod of metal, or it may be a tube, for lightness, by using a rod or tube of double the required length of each arm and bending it nearly double at j, which is the outer extremity of the two arms, but I so that arm twill extend obliquely forward to the inner edge of the platform suitably to form the desired front support for the For utilizing these arms to provide a support to the platform that will carry the platform more easily and with less injurious effect to the machine by the shocks of the platform on the outwardly-projecting arms, and also for a simple means ofjointing the platform to the machine,so that said platform will rise without damage to the arms in case carrying-wheel it drops in a hole of the ground so deep that the platform strikes hard on the ground, I pivot the arms 9 and i to a pivot-bolt, l, by means of eyes m, formed or fitted on the arms, said eyes being located a suitable distance from the inner ends of the arms to enable them to extend under the beam n to form lever-extensions 0, by which the arms are held up level, but so that they may rise, as before stated, for relief when the platform strikes the ground. \Vhen the distance from the platform I) to the beam a is so great as to endanger this lever-support,I prefer,instead of these levers, to suspend and support the platform I) by a chain from the binderframe to a collar-eye slipped onto and fastened to the arm 9 near the edge of the inner side f, at z.

The pivot-bolt Z is in this example supported in strong eye-studs 1;, attached to the beam at; but said bolt may be dispensed with entirely, and the eyejoints m can be constructed in any other approved manner. The bolt Z is arranged to be readily pulled out to disconnect the arms and the platform when it may be required for moving the machine througha' narrow pass, said bolt being fastened by a pin,q,split key, or other device that may be readily removed.

For alatch device to hold the platform in position and mechanism for readily tripping it to allow the platform to tilt downward at the back to discharge the bundles, I have provided an elbow-latch, s, on a pivot, 16, near the lower end of the front support a of the binder-stand, and in suitable relation to a lever-arm, '22, projecting from under the front end of the platform, to be pushed aside by said arm when the platform swings down,and so that the end of the latch will swing back over the arm and hold the platform until tripped, which may be accomplished by a hand-lever,w, pivoted on the top of the binderg and at m, and connected to the upper arm of the latch by rod y, saidlever being arranged in suitable proximity to the driversseat z for being conveniently manipulated by the driver; or he may trip the latch by a treadle, a, pivoted on the foot-board b and connected to the latch by the rod 0, bell-crank (Z, and rod e, or other approved contrivanccs. Both of these tripping mechanisms may be provided for the use of either, as may be preferred by the driver. The treadle and the hand-lever are to be contrived to overbalance in the direction for holding the latch in the locking position.

The object of the bevel front end, e, of the l tfo is to shift the bundles back a little by sliding down it so that the load will overbalance on the rear side of the pivot-arm g, to ensure the dumping of it when tripped, and the object of the fingers d is to allow the b dl t have contact with the ground and the stubble between them when the platform is tilted for dumping. which facilitates the discharge of the bundles. I

The platform is to over-balance on the front side of the pivot when unloaded to ensure its return to the normal position after dumping; but a spring may be employed for pulling it back, if preferred. I propose to construct the fingers (Z of the platform with an upward bend, f, at the points, to prevent the bundles from working off by the shaking of the machine when at work. Other forms of projecting-stops may be used.

The serrated frontedge, g, at the right hand of the drivers seat, indicates the cutters of the harvester; h, the apron on which the carrier runs to receive the grain; i, the incline up which the carrier runs to deliver the grain on the binding-table a, and j is the hood under which the grain is received and retained while collecting in sufficient amount for a bundle.

The platform may have runners attached to the bottom to carry-it a suitable distance above the ground when the wheel runs in a dead furrow or when the platform would run on the ground for any cause.

The binding mechanism is not shown, because it is not necessary to the proper illustration of the invention claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is

l. The dropper-platform I), connected to the harvester-frame by the pivot-arm g, and having the front supporting-arm, i, said arms being constructed and arranged to rise or yield by the shocks of the machine, substantially as described.

2. The dropper-platform Z), in combination with the pivot-arm g, by which itis connected to the harvester-frame and the front supporting-arm, i, and the supporting-rod Z, to which said arms 9 and i are pivoted, and extensionarms 0, projecting from the platform under beam a, for the support of the platform, substantially as described.

3. The dropper-platform b, in combination with the pivot-arm g, by which it is connected to the harvester-frame and the front supporting-rod, "Z, the supporting-rod Z, to which said arms (1 and z are pivoted, the eye-studs p, in which is arranged the rod Z, and the extension-arms 0, projecting from said pivots, substantially as described.

4. The pivot-arm g and supporting-arm i,

formed of one rod or tube and with eyes m and extensions 0, and combined with the platform I), pivotrod Z, and the beam a, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the elbow-latch s, the harvester-frame upon the front, at one end of which is arranged said latch, the stoparm 1), the platform I), to which is connected said arm, and a tripping-lever connected to said latch, substantially as described.

ADAM H. BELL.

Witnesses:

J ULIUs M. PAISLEY, JAMES MAJOR.

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